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Sounds like you are doing great on your daughter's car. I bought an '84 240 for my daughter and have done the timing belt on it. I also left the non-leaking seals til later. I did help my son do the seals on his Subaru when we did the timing belt. We used a strap wrench from Sears to hold the timing belt gear. Worked like a charm. I got a two wrench set from Sears for about $20 and it has been really handy on the car and can take off jar lids too!
I did the heater hoses on my old '83 240 and it wasn't an easy job. I put a piece of plywood over the engine so I could lay on it and worked by touch mostly. Next time I plan to pull the intake manifold. While in there I will replace some wires, clean the throttle body, check the temperature sensors, and clean that thing the flame trap connects to. I'll need manifold gaskets.
Using advice from the BB, I removed the entire platform the fuel filter and pump sit on and replaced the filter while sitting out on the driveway. This was soooo much easier than doing it while on my back under the car like I had done the first time!!! Do a search in the archives on this. I don't think I've seen a better , more helpful website than this.
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